title: Temperament traits and psychopathy in a group of patients with antisocial personality disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) and Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) have been used extensively in research of personality disorders; however, no previous study has investigated the relation between psychopathy factors and temperament and character traits in patients with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Our aim was to fill this gap in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  The PCL-R Factor scores and the TCI temperament and character scores were evaluated in 68 men with ASPD and 65 healthy male controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ASPD cases had significantly higher PCL-R Factor 1, Factor 2, and Total scores, as well as significantly higher TCI Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance scores, whereas the control group had higher TCI Reward Dependence, Persistence, Self-Directedness, and Cooperativeness scores. Correlation analysis revealed that, in the whole study group, PCL-R Factor 1, Factor 2, and Total scores were positively correlated with Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance scores and negatively correlated with Reward Dependence, Persistence, Self-Directedness, and Cooperativeness scores. When each group was analyzed separately, the correlations were not significant. Regression analysis supported the main findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that both PCL-R Factor 1 score, which is claimed to reflect "core psychopathy," and PCL-R Factor 2 score, which reflects criminal behaviors, were positively correlated with Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance and were negatively correlated with Reward Dependence in the whole sample. The reduced variance of PCL-R in each group might lead to nonsignificant associations within groups. Without the subjects with severe psychopathy in the present study, it might not be possible to show the association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, 34668 Uskudar/Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basoglu
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oner
authors.forename: Alpay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Algul
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bez
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebrinc
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cetin
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011599:Psychopathology; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult